Vulcanizer.



S. D. ORSER.

VULCANIZER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1911.

INVENTOR BY W I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

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SAMUEL D. OBSEB, OF RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA.

VULCANIZEB.

Application filed July 10, 1917.

inner tubes of automobile wheel pneumatic tires, the object of the invention being to provide an improved vulcanizer of this kind which is especially adapted to be attached to a manifold for heating thereby, so as to utilize the heat of the manifold for vulcanizing purposes and enable other. heating means to be dispensed with and enable a chauffeur to very readily vulcanize a tire and with but little trouble or expense.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of a vulcanizer constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a block or bodyl which is hollow and contains a chamber 2 for the reception of water, the said block or body having afiller opening 3 at the upper side and a suitable plug 4 to close said opening. The block or ody is provided on one side with a recess 5 adapted to receive and fit on one side of a manifold, indicated at a, and to enable the block or body to be securely fastened on the manifold I provide the block at a point midway between its ends with a stud 6 on the upper side and a lug 7 on its lower side. A metallic strap 8 has an opening at one end to receive the stud and said strap is adapted passes through an opening in the lug 7 and is provided with a suitable nut 10. The outer side of the block is recessed and provided with a concave face ll'on which a sheet of asbestos is placed. At the ends of 56 the block or body are lugs 12 each of which has an opening for the reception of a T-bolt Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented at... 11,1917.

Serial NO. 179,759.

13 and also has, on the side next the manifold a transversely arranged recess 14 for the reception of the head of one of the T bolts.

A clamping plate or top platel5 is pro vided which has a convex inner surface 16 corresponding with the concave outer surface 11 of the block or body. The said plate has reinforce-flanges 17 on its outer side and i provided at its ends with lugs 18 which have openings for the reception of the T- bolts. Each T-bolt has a suitable winged nut 19.

A suitable quantity of water is keptin the chamber of the block or body which serves, when heated to the boiling point, to retain sufficient heat in the vulcanizer, forvulcanizing dpurposes, after the motor has been stoppe The vulcanizing of the tire tube is effected in the usual way and as will be understood, the vul'canizer enabling the tube to be securely clamped between the opposlnlg faces of the block and the plate durmg t e vulcanizing process. The asbestos sheet prevents the plate 15 from becomin too highly heated and also protects the 'bac of the tire tube from excessive heat while the same is being vulcanized. By the pro- .v1s1on of the transverse recesses in the lugs of the block and by the provision of the 'T-heads of the bolts, which bear in said recesses, the bolts are prevented from casually turning and may yet be very readily removed from the vulcanizer'when desir While I have herein shown and described a, preferred form of my inventiom l would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described'my invention, I

clain'nz- 1. A vulcanizer of the class described, comprising a block or body having a water receiving chamber and also having a concave face on one side adapting the block or body to bear against'one side of the mani- '105 fold. saiddolock or body having an attach- I ing band to pass around the manifold and means to secure the band; a plate, said plate and the block or body having endings, and

clamping bolts engaging the lugs of the block or body and plate and detachably and adjustably securing the latter.

22A vulcanizer of the class described, if

E2 l seaeee comprising a block or body having a Waiter clamping bolts engaging the lugs of the receiving chamber and also having a con.- block or body and plate and detachably and 10 cave face on one side adapting the block or adjustable securing the latte]? said bolts body to bear against one side of the manihaving T-heads and the lugs of the block 5 fold, said block or body having an attach or body having recesses to receive said T- ing band to pass around the manifold and heads. means to secure the band; a plate, said plate In testimony whereof i aiiix sig' Wren and the block or body having end lugs and SAMUEL 

